TY - JOUR
T1 - Through a glass, darkly: When learner pragmatics is misconstrued
AU - Hassall, Timothy
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The notion of a second language native-speaker target for learners of pragmatics has been criticised on several counts. However, one problem with this target seems to have escaped notice: when a learner behaves in a native-like way the native speaker might actually misconstrue this behaviour, because he or she views it through a filter of expectations about how the learner will behave. This claim is illustrated with snippets of ethnographic data on one pragmatic problem: avoiding unwelcome questions in Indonesian.
AB - The notion of a second language native-speaker target for learners of pragmatics has been criticised on several counts. However, one problem with this target seems to have escaped notice: when a learner behaves in a native-like way the native speaker might actually misconstrue this behaviour, because he or she views it through a filter of expectations about how the learner will behave. This claim is illustrated with snippets of ethnographic data on one pragmatic problem: avoiding unwelcome questions in Indonesian.
U2 - 10.1016/j.pragma.2003.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pragma.2003.09.001
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 997
EP - 1002
JO - Journal of Pragmatics
JF - Journal of Pragmatics
SN - 0378-2166
ER -